Claim Your Cash! : State Benefits Made Easy
Language: English
Published by Lawpack Publishing Ltd, 2002
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- Title
- Claim Your Cash! : State Benefits Made Easy
- Author
- Wiseman, Steve
- Publisher
- Lawpack Publishing Ltd
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1904053041
- ISBN 13
- 9781904053040
- Item weight
- 0.49 pounds
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New book aims to make claiming easier
Millions of people cause themselves to be financially worse off than they need to be because they simply dont claim all the state aid thats available. They suffer as a result, but so do their families and children. Many resort to credit to make up cash shortfalls. If they knew they could be entitled to grants or benefits they may need to resort to credit less. In any event they would be better off.
Steve Wiseman, author and manager of a Citizens Advice Bureau, says "There are several reasons why people dont claim. Many just dont realise whats available. Or maybe theyve heard something but they think it cant apply to them. The complex rules of entitlement or procedures for claiming put a lot of people off they get confused, or lose patience, or they cant find anyone to help them, so they give just give up" . His book published this week - Claim Your Cash! (Law Pack Publishing Ltd) - is a simple guide to make claiming easier, explaining 122 different sources of cash help.
Many people think they have to be really poor to be eligible for cash help but this is not the case.
Disabled people often pay too much Council Tax. Many pay NHS charges unnecessarily, or perhaps pay more rent than they need to. War widowers arent aware they can now get a war pension just like a war widow. Cash help may be available to help pay a students tuition fees, or assist with financial problems. Those with even moderate mobility problems may be able to claim Disability Living Allowance. Carers can claim support, so can landlords even if those letting one room in their own home.
Cash is available for home repairs and improvements even grants for central heating or improving security can be paid in some cases. State aid is also available for some people starting a new job or a business. Employees can claim tax relief as well as the self employed. And then theres the new benefits starting in April 2003 Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit many will think they are not eligible, and they could be so wrong
Like thousands of us, you may be eligible for financial help and not know it. Three quarters of all taxpayers pay more than they need to and millions of pounds go unclaimed in welfare benefits and special allowances each year. This book tells you what you could be missing out on.
This handbook contains information on the main payments to which you may be entitled. Each chapter describes how you go about claiming a particular payment and gives some useful tips to ensure the best chance of success. Each chapter also contains an at-a-glance Qualification Checklist so you can work out whether it's worth claiming, and an Amount box so you know how much you are likely to receive.
Steve Wiseman is General Manager of the Norwich and District Citizens Advice Bureau, his previous occupations have included the Civil Service, teaching, lecturing and advice work. He is also author of How to Complain Effectively (Lawpack Publishing Ltd 2001).
stevwise@aol.com
steve.wiseman@ncab.netcom.co.uk
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About the Author
For Steve Wiseman writing is a spare time activity – in his day job he runs the Norwich and District Citizens Advice Bureau, a thriving advice centre each year consulted by around 57,000 people. This entails day to day management, also fundraising and development to ensure the Bureau meets the needs of the public. His other jobs have included occasional freelance journalism, advice work, teaching, lecturing and a few years as a Whitehall civil servant. He is married with two children.
In his experience many people have poor knowledge of their legal rights, responsibilities and entitlements, or else they don’t have the confidence to act on them. Usually both of these factors come into play. As a result they end up losing out -- perhaps they are ripped off in the high street, or they lose their right to complain or take action, or maybe they pay too much income tax, or don’t claim the state aid to which they are entitled. Sometimes the consequences can be dire- such as losing their home or their job. For Steve the main reason for all this is that people are baffled by bureacracy, or confused by complex regulations. This is his main motivation for working for the Citizens Advice Bureau, and for being a Lawpack author!
In 2001 Steve completed an MA in Education and Professional Development at the University of East Anglia – the Dissertation for which centred around the issue of how people access information and advice on their legal rights and entitlements. This research concludes that people use the media, friends and family most often to get information (which could be another reason why they get things wrong!) but they would welcome other more accessible sources. The findings are being used to help Citizens Advice Bureaux around the UK, including Norwich, to develop their services.
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